Saturday, September 20, 2025

Medicine Bow National Forest: Centennial Trail

This morning, Noelle, Sierra, Mom T and I set out for a little mini road trip to Laramie. We had lunch at a picnic table behind the Centennial Visitor Center, then headed up into the high country for some sightseeing (and moose spotting!)



before returning to the visitor center to hike the short Centennial Trail and enjoy the fall colors.



This would be our second time on this trail. We had previously hiked it on our way back home from our Idaho/Utah trip this summer. According to Marc Smith's book "Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest" this is supposed to be a loop hike, but we haven't found a loop either time we've hiked it. 

The trail starts just behind the visitor center and almost immediately features some nice fall color.





The aspen trees feature not only the standard gold foliage color, but also some rich oranges and reds. It is an extremely easy hike and roundtrip we probably walked about 1 mile. 

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